Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Technology and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 900.09% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MILAN:EMII), which rose 0.13% or 0.010 points to trade at 7.650 at the close. Meanwhile, Pirelli & C (MILAN:PECI) fell 0.07% or 0.0100 points to end at 14.9300 and World Duty Free SpA (MILAN:WDF) was down 0.10% or 0.010 points to 10.220 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yoox (MILAN:YOOX), which fell 4.40% or 1.24 points to trade at 26.92 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MILAN:BMPS) declined 4.27% or 0.0800 points to end at 1.7930 and Azimut Holding (MILAN:AZMT) was down 3.66% or 0.72 points to 18.94.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 376 to 47 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 7.88% or 3.88 to $45.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 8.70% or 4.71 to hit $49.44 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.63% or 7.10 to trade at $1139.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 1.1295, while EUR/GBP rose 0.96% to 0.7378.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.53% at 95.45.